[libxml-devel] Strange node being created from white space

[Charlie Savage]

> I am experiencing some problems when constructing a document piece by 
> piece. I have boiled downed the problem to the following code:
> 
> require 'rubygems'
> require 'xml/libxml'
> 
> # Envelope XML
> xml_string = %{<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <soapenv:Envelope
>    xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
>    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
>    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
> </soapenv:Envelope>}
> 
> # Create Document
> parser = XML::Parser.string(xml_string, :options => 
> XML::Parser::Options::NOBLANKS)

What happens if you first call XML.default_keep_blanks = false?  Should 
do the same thing as the parser option, but worth a quick double check.

And also, take a look at this message from the libxml creator.  He 
strongly discourages the use of NOBLANKS.

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2007-November/msg00022.html

Charlie
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